The Difference Between Menstrual Blood And Non-Menstrual Bleeding (Istiḥādah)
Darussalam · Volume 1
1. The Book OfPurificationSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 215 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 123
Source no. 209 · Volume 1 · Page 46
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(حسن صحيح) - الإرواء ٢٠٤، صحيح أبي داود ٢٨٤ - ٢٨٥ [صحيح الجامع ٧٦٥].
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216. It was narrated from Fāṭimah bint Abī Ḥubaish that she suffered from Istiḥādah and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to her: "If it is menstrual blood then it is blood that is black and recognizable, so stop praying, and if it is other than that then perform Wudū', for it is just a vein." (Saḥīḥ)
215 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي حُبَيْشٍ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُسْتَحَاضُ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَانَ دَمُ الْحَيْضِ فَإِنَّهُ دَمٌ أَسْوَدُ يُعْرَفُ فَأَمْسِكِي عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِذَا كَانَ الْآخَرُ فَتَوَضَّئِي فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ عِرْقٌ»
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1. Initially, the menstrual blood happens to be dark in color. Gradually its color fades, and ultimately it turns reddish. 2. A woman continuing to have a flow of blood after her days (of menstruation) will have to perform a fresh ablution for every ritual prayer. She may not perform more than one prayer with the same ablution since, due to her copious bleeding, her ablution will not remain. The same ruling applies to every person whose ablution does not last for long - for instance, a person who suffers from the disorder of chronic exit of urine drops, or a person who continually breaks wind. Such people may perform prayer with one ablution and repeat it for the next prayer.